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unusual facts about Peter H. Raven


Variation and Evolution in Plants

The book has been described by plant systematist Peter H. Raven as "the most important book on plant evolution of the 20th century" and it remains one of the most cited texts on plant evolution.


Black Brigade of Cincinnati

Peter H. Clark, Black Brigade of Cincinnati: Being a Report of Its Labors and a Muster-Roll of Its Members etc.

Camissonia benitensis

Camissonia benitensis was discovered by Peter H. Raven on a serpentine stream terrace adajcent to Clear Creek (New Idria serpentine mass; Bureau of Land Management Clear Creek Management Area) in 1960 and scientifically described by him in 1969.

Charles Raven

Charles E. Raven (1885-1964), English theologian, academic and pacifist

John A. Kay

He became involved with the construction of the South Carolina State House in 1854, first as Peter H. Hammarskold's project superintendent, and later as assistant architect under George E. Walker.

John C. Raven

It would appear that Raven was one of the very few people (another was Louis Guttman) who appreciated the importance of developing tests which yielded something approaching an interval scale (although that term was not the stated objective of either author).

Léon Bekaert

In 1958, he was one of the co-founders of the permanent international secretariat of the UNIAPAC in Brussels, thogether with Peter H. Werhahn (Germany) and Giuseppe Mosca (Italy), who became its President.

Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition, with Source Code

Various Unix people, particularly Peter H. Salus, Dennis Ritchie and Berny Goodheart, lobbied Unix's various owners (AT&T, Novell, the Santa Cruz Operation) for many years to allow the book to be published officially.

Massey College, Toronto

As of 2012, notable Senior Fellows and Senior Residents of the college include John Polanyi, Ursula Franklin, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Margaret Atwood, Sir Christopher Ondaatje, James Orbinski, Michael Valpy, Peter H. Russell, Janice Stein, Michael Ignatieff, Adrienne Clarkson, Stephen Clarkson, Hal Jackman, John Ralston Saul, Michael Bliss, Anthony Pawson, Neil Seeman, Chantal Hébert, Justice Rosalie Abella and Bob Rae.

Melissus of Samos

Kirk, G.S., J.E. Raven and M. Schofield, The Presocratic Philosophers, 2nd Ed.

Peter Daly

:For the U.S. Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, see Peter H. Daly.

Peter H. Hunt

His next project, Georgy, was less successful, closing after only four performances.

Peter H. Irons

He has written many books on the U.S. Supreme Court and constitutional litigation.

Peter H. Wendover

Wendover was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Sixteenth Congresses (March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1821).

Peter H. Wood

In addition, the slaves in the low country, and especially plantations of the Sea Islands, had much less contact with whites than did those in areas such as Virginia or North Carolina, where whites were in the majority.

Peter Hunt

Peter H. Hunt (born 1938), American film, television, and stage director

Peter Matthews

Peter H. Matthews (1873–1916), American operator of policy gambling

SPAWN

In 2008 SPAWN received the coveted Peter Behr Award from the Environmental Action Committee of West Marin and the prestigious Ted Wellman Award from the Marin Conservation League for their efforts towards preserving the coho salmon and their habitat.

Tom Limoncelli

He is the author of Time Management for System Administrators from O'Reilly; along with Christine Hogan, co-author of the book The Practice of System and Network Administration from Addison-Wesley and in 2007 with Peter H. Salus he has published a compilation of the best April Fools jokes created by the IETF entitled The Complete April Fools' Day RFCs.


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